Divorces by Number of Children Awarded Custody to Males,
Michigan Occurrences, 1990 - 2023
Year Number of Children
0 1 2 3 4 5 6+ Unknown Total Male
Divorces
1990 35,712 1,188 783 249 54 11 5 2,566 40,568
1991 36,649 1,212 744 246 51 5 4 1,192 40,103
1992 37,025 1,255 792 258 49 8 1 1,037 40,425
1993 37,069 1,284 834 266 54 18 1 944 40,470
1994 36,541 1,339 817 279 50 20 4 745 39,795
1995 36,160 1,268 789 252 66 13 4 897 39,449
1996 34,784 1,196 775 262 51 16 2 1,083 38,169
1997 34,944 1,200 733 268 60 8 8 981 38,202
1998 35,625 1,257 787 289 50 7 10 498 38,523
1999 35,275 1,188 738 232 62 14 5 492 38,006
2000 36,157 1,211 696 247 57 13 2 549 38,932
2001 36,284 1,140 701 215 51 7 4 467 38,869
2002 35,354 1,036 635 218 50 13 1 497 37,804
2003 33,512 1,045 561 207 49 13 2 207 35,596
2004 32,687 946 583 188 51 11 2 228 34,696
2005 32,993 840 519 169 44 7 6 2 34,580
2006 33,514 805 496 151 43 9 4 – 35,022
2007 33,033 804 491 148 36 8 2 – 34,522
2008 32,126 761 430 160 32 12 4 1 33,526
2009 31,518 690 408 125 22 7 1 – 32,771
2010 33,597 707 436 147 47 9 4 9 34,956
2011 32,729 672 368 122 32 5 7 5 33,940
2012 31,679 638 396 118 43 12 – 6 32,892
2013 30,629 563 330 106 35 4 4 16 31,687
2014 28,702 506 341 116 32 9 2 – 29,708
2015 28,713 500 371 118 31 14 1 – 29,748
2016 26,752 1,012 714 259 68 11 4 12 28,832
2017 26,917 444 306 98 31 5 1 176 27,978
2018 27,152 404 299 79 19 4 3 – 27,960
2019         25,096        367       249        93        25          6          2    68     25,906
2020         19,725        297       187        54        14          5          2  292     20,576
2021 21,212 299 179 61 16 5 1 719 22,492
2022 19,541 240 183 71 23 5 1 439 20,503
2023 19,209 251 171 59 9 1 4 442 20,145
          


Source: 1990 - 2023 Michigan Occurrence Divorce Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.